Oceanic Dispersal of Pandanus — Stone 
It is postulated that the collection of Panda- 
nus pistillaris in Mokil Atoll is a further exam- 
ple of such a route of drift. The Kanehira speci- 
mens (two of the several phalanges) are here 
illustrated ( Fig. 1 ) . 
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